Watch the First Two Women To Tie for Best Actress at the Oscars

This heartfelt video shows the very first tie in Oscars history—all the way back in 1969.

Each year actors and actresses gather for the Academy Awards, many of whom hope to take home one of their industry's top prizes. In 1969 both Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn were heavy favorites for Best Actress, and the resulting win surprised everyone in the room.

Streisand had been nominated following her cinematic debut in Funny Girl, and veteran star Hepburn received a nomination for her role in The Lion in Winter. Hepburn was fresh off her win in the same category the previous year for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and many weren't sure if she would repeat the feat.

Streisand was in attendance at the show that night and Hepburn was not. Veteran star Ingrid Bergman was tapped to make the big reveal. Upon opening the envelope, she announced to everyone's surprise, "It's a tie!" and it was later revealed that both Streisand and Hepburn had each won the exact same number of votes.

Streisand was caught off guard by the win, and later told Vanity Fair that she hadn't prepared a speech. She explained, "I had to take out my gum and put it on the bottom of the chair and think about what the hell I was going to say." Hepburn's Lion co-star Anthony Harvey also made a speech on behalf of his co-star. He joked, "I suppose if I’ve lived as long as I have, anything can happen."